It has taken singer-actress Stephy Tang Lai-yan almost two years to regain the confidence to perform live again. Singing and dancing to promote her new mini-album No One Knows, Tang said she was shattered after singing out of tune during a live TV broadcast in 2007.
'At first it felt like being given a death sentence,' the 26-year-old said. 'I knew no one could help me except myself. So I worked hard and eventually regained my confidence.'
A former member of disbanded teen group Cookies, Tang said her vocal coach Christine Samson helped her to stand up again.
'She is very nice and kind. She is like a mother and psychologist, teaching me how to face the audience again,' she said.
Tang (below) is keen to make a breakthrough and hopes the dance-driven mini album will show off another side of her personality.